Toxicity of mixtures of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls determined by dose-response curve analysis

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 539-546

  Li, W ^a   Wu, W Z ^a,b   Schramm, K W ^b   Xu, Y ^a   Kettrup, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DIOXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROSOMES, LIVER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; TOXICITY TESTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032942403     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900909     Document Type: Article

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